In this March 17 image made from video, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, centre, hugs and consoles a woman as she visited Kilbirnie Mosque, in Wellington. This, despite having run and won a majority government on the basis of an election promise to “take action to get handguns and assault weapons off our streets.”Article Continued BelowWhat is the Trudeau government waiting for? Yet the Trudeau government seems paralyzed with fear before the gun lobby, clearly dreading the possibility of losing votes from a minority of gun owners while ignoring the vast majority of Canadians who support a ban on assault weapons. Trudeau should respect our common values of peace and good government and follow the example of Prime Minister Ardern by swiftly announcing a ban on handguns, assault weapons and magazines that exceed five bullets. Nathalie Provost is a survivor of the massacre at Polytechnique, Boufeldja Benabdallah is vice-president of the Quebec Mosque, Heidi Rathjen is a Polytechnique graduate and co-ordinator of Poly Remembers.

Source: thestar March 26, 2019 19:41 UTC